Biography Category
(âr´härt) (KEY) , 1897–1937, American aviator, b. Atchison, Kans. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane (1928) and the first ...
(y ´hän fränts ng´k ) (KEY) , 1791–1865, German astronomer. He was assistant (1816–22) and director (1822–25) of the observatory at Seeberg...
(ou´g st v l´h lm kh´l r) (KEY) , 1839–87, German botanist. He worked out the symmetry of the parts of a flower and developed a system of plant ...
(zhôrzh ôgüst´ skôfy ´) (KEY) , 1846–1935, French authority on cooking. Regarded by some as the greatest chef in history, he went to work at ...
( ´l ) (KEY) , 1854–1943, American economist, b. Ripley, N.Y., grad. Columbia, 1876, Ph.D. Heidelberg, 1879. He taught at Johns Hopkins Univ. (1881...
1902–81, American librarian and political scientist, b. Bastrop co., Tex. After teaching political science at several universities, he became direct...